Hair-pin.



F. EBERL.

HAIR PIN.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 13. 1914.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

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THE COLUMBIA Puqloamwn co., WASHINGTON, u. c,

- FRANK EIBERL, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAIR-PIN.

Specification of Iiettcrs Patent.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

Application filed October 18, 1914. Serial No. 866,484.

To all whom it may concem Be it known that I, FRANK EBERL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bronx, New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hair-Pins, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hair pins and it consists in the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a pin especiallyadapted to be used for supporting the hair, the said pin in the preferred form being provided with handles which may be made more or less ornamental and which may be used for spreading the legs of the pin with relation to each other.

Another object of the invention is to provide a pin of the character indicated with legs having curves extending along the length thereof whereby the said legs may securely grip the hair when the pin is in position upon the head of a wearer.

In the accompanying drawing :Figure 1 is a side elevation of the pin. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the pin shown in Fig. 1 illustrating the parts separated. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the pin.

As illustrated in the drawing the pin comprises legs 1 which in side elevation are provided with inwardly and outwardly disposed curved portions or sections 2. The legs 1 are further curved longitudinally as best shown in edge elevation in Fig. 3 of the drawing. The legs 1 are provided in the vicinity of their ends with shoulders 3 which merge into extremities 4. Balls or other ornamental members 5 are mounted upon the-upper ends of the extremities 4 and clips 6 are located upon the lower portions of the extremities 4 immediately above the uppe ends of the shoulders 3. The clips 6 are pivotally connected together by means of a pivot pin 7 which passes transverselv through the end portions of the said clips and which lies transversely with relation to the lower portions of the extremities 4. A spring 8 is coiled around the intermediate portion of the pins 7 and the end portions of the said spring bear against the inner sides of the extremities 4. As illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawing the extremities 4 may be provided with recesses indicated in dotted lines at 9 for the recep tion of the end portions of the spring 8.

It will be observed that the upper ends of the extremities 4 are normally spaced from each other by the tension of the spring 8, consequently the pointed end portions of the legs 1 are normally held in contact with each other as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing. When it is desired to apply the pin the knobs or balls 5 are grasped between the fingers'and the upper ends of the extremities 4 are moved toward each other whereby the lower ends of the legs 1 are spread with relation to each other as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. Thus the pointed end portions of the legs 1 may be inserted in the hair and when the balls or knobs 5 are released the tension of the spring 8 comes into play whereby the lower end portions of the legs 1 are moved toward each other and the tufts of hair are securely grasped between the legs of the pin.

From the above description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing it will be observed that a hair pin of simple and durable structure is provided and that the parts of the pin may be easily and quickly manipulated to spread the pointed ends of the legs with relation to each other and when the pin is released means is provided for automatically bringing the pointed ends of the legs toward each other whereby the opposite side portions of the pin may securely grasp and hold tufts of hair between the same.

Having described the invention what is claimed is A hair pin comprising legs having pointed end portions, said legs being provided in the vicinity of their other ends with inwardly disposed arcuate shoulders having upstanding extremities, said extremities being provided at their outer sides with recesses and at their inner sides with notches and having interiorly located recesses which open into the said notches, clips applied to the extremities at the upper ends of the shoulders and lying in the recesses provided at the outer sides of the extremities, a pivot pin securing the clips together, nd a spring located between the opposite side portions,

of the clips and coiled about the interme- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature diate portion of the pivot, the coil of the in presence of two vwitnesses. said;spring;beingkhousedcingthexsafd notches I ERANKEBERL. and the ends of the spring seated in the 5 interiorly located recesses which enter the notches. 1

Witnesses JO N A-JDONEGHER, firno. .BY NE.

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